This course is based on the 20 articles of the American Board of Emergency Medicine 2005 Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA) program. This course is taken almost entirely on-line.

Each of the 20 ABEM LLSA articles has been summarized by a Harvard Emergency Medicine faculty member with expertise in that area. These summaries stress the key points of the article, providing the information crucial to passing the 2005 LLSA exam.

Featured faculty for this year include:
Peter Rosen, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michele Burns Ewald, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston
David Brown, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jonathan Edlow, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

The course works as follows:

1. Download the 20 Harvard EM faculty summaries, all in PDF format.
2. Access the 2005 LLSA readings.

*ACEP members and subscribers to Annals of Emergency Medicine enrolled in this course receive access to all 20 original 2005 LLSA articles for FREE. 18 of the 20 articles (including the two articles from Tintinalli) are immediately available in PDF format to download. Paper copies of the remaining two articles will be mailed to you.

*Those who are not ACEP member or subscribers to Annals of Emergency Medicine will have FREE instant online access to 13 of the 20 original 2005 LLSA articles (including the two articles from Tintinalli). Paper copies of two of the remaining articles will be mailed for FREE. We regret that, due to copyright restrictions, we cannot provide free access to the five articles from Annals of Emergency Medicine to those who are not ACEP members or subscribers of that journal.

3. Take the on-line 40-question multiple choice test. If you answer a question incorrectly, an explanation appears and you will be prompted to choose again. You cannot fail the exam if you learn from your incorrect choices and keep trying. CME credit is granted after successful completion of the test. You will then be well-prepared to take the actual ABEM 2005 LLSA test.

TO CHECK OUT A FREE SAMPLE OF THIS COURSE BEFORE ENROLLING, CLICK HERE. TO SKIP THE FREE SAMPLE AND ENROLL IN THE COURSE, SCROLL TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND CLICK “REGISTER”.

NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS: The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COST: $199.00
This course is offered at a single price to all users; international pricing does not apply.

OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
As a result of participation in this course, participants will:

1. Update their knowledge through exposure to critical summaries of important literature;
2. Demonstrate a mastery of important subject material by passing a multiple choice examination;
3. Prepare for an examination that is critical to maintaining board certification as an Emergency Physician

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STEPHEN J. TRAUB, MD Course Director

Stephen J. Traub, MD, is the Co-Director of the Division of Toxicology in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Traub’s research interests include the diagnosis and treatment of body packers (those who smuggle large quantities of drugs by internal concealment) and the pathophysiology of drugs of abuse. DISCLOSURE:

WILLIAM BINDER, MD Course Contributor

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DAVID F. BROWN, MD Course Contributor

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MICHELE BURNS EWALD, MD Course Contributor

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VINCENT W. CHIANG, MD Course Contributor

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JONATHAN A. EDLOW, MD Course Contributor

Dr. Edlow was graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1978. He trained in Internal Medicine at the Boston City Hospital and since finishing in 1981, he has practiced full-time emergency medicine. He is board-certified in both specialties. Since 1999, he has served as Vice-chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Edlow’s clinical interests include tick-borne diseases and neurological emergencies. He lectures and publishes regularly on such topics as stroke, TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, various causes of weakness and dizziness. As well, he has written an award-winning book on the history of Lyme disease – Bull’s Eye: unraveling the medical mystery of Lyme disease. DISCLOSURE: Novo Nordisk: Paid speaker

SHAMAI GROSSMAN, MD Course Contributor

Shamai A Grossman, MD, MS is currently an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is associate director of emergency medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Needham, and director of the Cardiac Emergency Center and Clinical Decision Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an attending physician with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Grossman is trained as both a cardiologist and an emergency physician and focuses his research and teaching on the interface between both cardiology and emergency medicine. DISCLOSURE:

MARVIN B. HARPER, MD Course Contributor

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LOIS K. LEE, MD, MPH Course Contributor

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KEITH A. MARILL, MD Course Contributor

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PETER ROSEN, MD Course Contributor

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LEON D. SANCHEZ, MD, MPH Course Contributor

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JASON TRACY, MD Course Contributor

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KEVIN M. BAN, MD Reviewer

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GRACE HUANG, MD Reviewer

Grace Huang, MD, is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research, a joint venture between HMS and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. She also works as a hospitalist at BIDMC. She has spent a number of years designing web-based modules on clinical skills, including computer-based case simulations (“virtual patients”), physical diagnosis tutorials, interactive pathophysiology diagrams, and procedure-based instruction. She serves as a consultant to the Association of American Medical Colleges in their initiative to promote scholarship and sharing of educational materials through MedEdPORTAL. Her clinical research interest is in the impact of a formal hospital-based procedure service on complication rates among internal medicine residents. DISCLOSURE: Dr. Huang's spouse works at Pfizer, Inc., and she holds stock options and shares in the same company.

SEAN KELLY, MD Reviewer

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EDWARD A. ULLMAN, MD Reviewer

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NUMBER OF CREDITS: 20 

Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Upon completion of the course you will get a certificate via e-mail within 2 weeks.

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